Almond Joy Candies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/3 cup Karo syrup
1 cup coconut
1/2 - 1 teaspoon almond extract (depends on how strong an almond flavor you wish)
12 almonds
5 ounces chocolate bark (you may need more to coat properly)

Preparation

Toast the almonds in the oven at 400\u00b0F just till they are warm and you can start to smell them (3-5 min); set aside.
Bring the Karo to a boil and add the coconut, remove from heat and add extract.
Place in fridge till firm.
Form into 12 round balls or 6 ovals and place on waxed paper -- press 1 almond to each ball or 2 to each oval and chill for 1/2 hour. (You can play with the size of these, if you like more filling to less chocolate, make them bigger, you'll just get fewer).
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or in a microwave being careful to stir often and not cook--just melt.
Dip each candy into the chocolate; coat evenly and completely. No coconut should be exposed! Place on a wax paper lined cookie sheet in the fridge till chocolate is set.
Store in a airtight container.